If you're the kind of person who likes numbers and statistics, I'm the long shot - the Lotto Powerball winner. I'm the mutation in the DNA that makes evolution a reality. I am the new black.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My talent is numbers.
I won some genetic lottery. I always happened to be strangely good at mathematics in my head. I just popped out weird.
I'm just competitive. It doesn't matter what it is. I want to win.
Journalists ask me all the time, 'Akshay, do you believe in the numbers game?' My standard response: 'I can't count, that's why I have producers and accountants who calculate for me. As long as I have them in my life, I don't need to worry about numbers!'
I'm quite a competitive person, so I do quite like to win.
Professionally, I feel like I won the lottery and I am the luckiest person in the entire world.
Nothing will stifle your human evolution more than fame and fortune.
Let me tell you - when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don't think about breaking records anymore, you don't think about gaining scientific data - the only thing that you want is to come back alive.
Evolution is all about passing on the genome to the next generation, adapting and surviving through generation after generation. From an evolutionary point of view, you and I are like the booster rockets designed to send the genetic payload into the next level of orbit and then drop off into the sea.
It's not about me. I think people are too caught up with what I'm doing. It's just numbers. I'm trying to win.